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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Red Cloud's War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did more federal troops come to the Colorado area in the mid to late 1860s?
(a) To hunt down renegade indians
(b) To hunt for Confederate soldiers
(c) To open up more forts
(d) To build a railroad

2. What large group of Indians lived about a thousand miles north of the Navajo?
(a) The Comanche
(b) The Santee Sioux
(c) The Cheyenne
(d) the Ute

3. What fort do the Navajos attack in retaliation for troops destroying crops?
(a) The Alamo
(b) Fort Apache
(c) Fort Defiance
(d) Fort Sumpter

4. Why do the Sioux move into the Black Hills?
(a) They are trying to get to Canada
(b) They follow the soldiers into the Black Hills
(c) The antelope and buffalo are more numerous
(d) There are more white settlers to kill

5. Where are most of the warring Sioux at this time?
(a) Along the Colorado river
(b) Along the Mississippi river
(c) Along the Arkansas river
(d) Along the Powder river

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the Sioux's most famous warriors during the Powder River encounters goes by what name?

2. Who went to visit Abraham Lincoln in Washington?

3. The Sioux warriors force the soldiers to retreat to what fort?

4. Who led a private expedition into the Powder River region in 1865?

5. What is the name of a new road through Red Cloud's country?

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